I'm afraid I don't get it any more than I get Miller's born-again
Republicanism--Manson's last album, "Holywood", was a big seller and
was critically acclaimed as well.
Methinks Mr. Miller would be less likely to brush off the Eminem
phenomenon if E was a woman making music about slicing up
men.....
Further, even if Eminem does become yesterday's news, he will
retire a millionaire having helped thousands of impressionable
youths feel good about being mysoginistic homophobes. ...Yawn..
so what......
Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
> Actually, I'm going to cede the floor to a quote from Dennis Miller, an
> American satirist:
>
> [[Before you focus too much of your time and energy on loathing Eminem for
> his music, let me spin this little scenario for you. Marilyn Manson spent
> Wednesday night watching the Grammys on a 13-inch black-and-white television
> set with a coat hanger for an antenna, at a Grange Hall in Bismark, North
> Dakota, after unveiling his apocalyptic vision for the future to fifty or so
> pasty-faced Goth losers who left during the encore so they could get home
> and watch "Temptation Island."
>
> And trust me, Manson was so depressed that he is no longer in the crosshairs
> of the hate-rock controversy, he could barely wriggle out of his fake vagina
> suit. ]]
>
> Read his whole essay on the Grammys at http://www.hbo.com/dml/cmp/rant.html
>
> Enjoy,
> Lama
